---
title: "Bitcoin Hashrate and Difficulty"
date: 2023-07-02T20:47:12+01:00
author: 
    name: "Sam Chance"
header_image: "/pics/charts/hashrate.webp"
summary: "Timeseries chart showing the Bitcoin network hashrate and difficulty."
tags: ["Bitcoin", "Stats", "Hashrate"]
jsScripts: [ "/js/lib/chart-params.js", "/js/lib/helper-functions.js", "/js/lib/echarts.min.js", "/js/lib/sorttable.js", "/js/content/hashrate.js"]
---

This chart shows the estimated hashrate and difficulty of the Bitcoin network, accompanied by the 28-day moving average. This information is extracted from a bitcoin node using the `bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps` command.

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{{< chart id = "hashrate-chart" >}}